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Come on yall know who I'm talking about! Those of you who have to get out early in morning before the heat reaches 100 then go in, have a glass of iced sweet tea. I love the flowers everywhere but I sure can't grow them in my dry sand and clay. BYH

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It's that time of year when vegetable gardeners are desperately looking for ways to keep plants watered, and at the same time, save water! So this year, I've asked my daughter, who has four children…Continue

I made a thread just for this particular topic you've mentioned and ideas to keep our gardens from dying of thirst in this heat. It's listed here under Hot Southern Gardeners and it's titled "Keeping vegetables from wilting in our Southern sun".

Hello everyone, After lots of rain this spring, seems a HOT burst of weather is upon us here in KY, in the 90's already, and dry. I always have to do a lot of watering to keep my plants alive. Any suggestions are always welcome. I also have a website that offers tips for DIYers here is the link Improve your home and garden your comments are welcome there too!

Hello All, I live in South East Alabama....I have loved gardening all my life and have been working on 2 large perennial beds for about 5 years.I welcome all the help and advice I can get.Thanks for having me:-)

I hope you don't mind me joining up, since I live in California! Heheee

Spent my youth & half my teens in Live Oak (San Antonio) Texas, and moving back to my grandfather's property soon, which is in Northern California (Colusa), near Chico. Because of the location, I'll be walking distance to the edge of the Sacramento River, but in the middle of a sun-bleached valley with sandy-clay sand and triple-digit midmornings! I can promise you this, though.. I ALWAYS have a pitcher of iced sweet tea in my ice box and when the weather's right, a couple glass jugs out on the lawn to make my all-time favorite: SUN tea!

Hello, Ellen. Been distracted by wife's illness and not following posts for a while. I'd suggest doing a search on the Net as there are sites with great pictures of Passion Flowers. The vine can be a bother, so I've read, as it is often 'invasive'. It is a favored food of Gulf Fritillary larvae. This is the first year I planted one (in Pensacola). In late July there were always GFs on a daily basis. They were the dominant butterfly from then on. I enjoyed the show and will plant Passion Vines yearly from now on. Have a cutting and will soon plant it and baby it in a small greenhouse over the winter.